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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2010-0010 Detail

Description

Integer overflow in the ap_proxy_send_fb function in proxy/proxy_util.c in mod_proxy in the Apache HTTP Server before 1.3.42 on 64-bit platforms allows remote origin servers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large chunk size that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (02/03/2010)

This issue does not affect the Apache HTTP Server versions 2 and greater. This flaw does not affect any supported versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This flaw does affect Red Hat Network Proxy and Red Hat Network Satellite. While those products do not use this feature, we are tracking the issue with the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-0010

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-01/0589.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 
http://blog.pi3.com.pl/?p=69 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://httpd.apache.org/dev/dist/CHANGES_1.3.42 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00006.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497311408250&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://packetstormsecurity.org/1001-exploits/modproxy-overflow.txt CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 
http://secunia.com/advisories/38319 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/39656 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://site.pi3.com.pl/adv/mod_proxy.txt CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509185/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37966 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023533 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0240 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1001 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55941 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2295080a257bad27ea68ca0af12fc715577f9e84801eae116a33107e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5419c9ba0951ef73a655362403d12bb8d10fab38274deb3f005816f5%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rad2acee3ab838b52c04a0698b1728a9a43467bf365bd481c993c535d%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/reb7c64aeea604bf948467d9d1cab8ff23fa7d002be1964bcc275aae7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf2f0f3611f937cf6cfb3b4fe4a67f69885855126110e1e3f2fb2728e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7923 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-0010
NVD Published Date:
02/02/2010
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.